All short-term lets will require a licence under proposed legislation outlined by the Scottish Government this week. Its consultation document Short Term Lets Consultation on...
Three letting agents were among the latest firms to be expelled from the Property Ombudsman scheme. The London Landlord Limited, based in Finchley, has been...
Almost a third of house-buyers discover substantial hidden costs after they take possession of their new property. The finding comes from property portal Zoopla on...
Scottish police look set to be given powers to intervene in incidents of domestic violence, if necessary by removing suspected abusers from their homes. With...
House prices continued to beat expectations in August, Halifax has reported. Its latest house price index put the month-on-month rate of increase at 1.6 per...
Bids are being sought for the Government’s multi-billion pound affordable housing project, with the first new houses being promised for next year. An overall housing...
UK house prices rose by 2 per cent in August, pushing up the annual growth rate to 3.7 per cent, said Nationwide, reporting on its...
Revision of possession regulations has brought a flurry of new rental forms, formats and guidance notes from the Government. Included in the release COVID-19 and...
Backtracking a little on initial indications of how an extension of the ban on tenant evictions in England would work, the Government has cut the...
Scotland has extended its ban on tenant evictions until March 2021. The move had been telegraphed by ministers and came as no great shock. More...
Communal green spaces, gardens and allotments feature in the six design entry finalists for the Government’s Home of 2030 competition. The six finalists, who each...
Two former employees of West Country estate agent Miller Countrywide have been branded ‘thoroughly dishonest people’ after pleading guilty to fraud charges at Truro County...
Furore has continued over the Government’s last minute and unheralded change of heart over tenant evictions. A ban on evictions had been due to end...
Recent house-buying interest has been so great that property portal Rightmove has thought fit to issue guidance on how to avoid gazumping. July, which is...
A blanket ban on evictions that allows ‘won’t pay’ tenants to build up arrears and anti-social behaviour to continue is ‘a kick in the stomach’...
Former shadow chancellor of the Exchequer John McDonnell has used an article in the Guardian newspaper to call for the ban on tenant evictions to...
Mayor of London Sadiq Khan’s warning of a ‘devastating tsunami of evictions’ when the current ban on possession claims ends next week, have been branded...
A new survey has confirmed previous findings that relatively few private rental tenants have been unable to meet their rental commitments during the Coronavirus crisis....
A jump in demand for property mortgages has coincided with a sharp fall in the number of mortgage offers available, comparison website Moneyfacts has reported....
Halifax has found that a ‘sharp increase’ in July has pushed house prices to their highest ever levels. The average price of a house is...
Renters are increasingly being targeted by fraudsters exploiting the tight property market, warns the National Association of Property Buyers. The association has identified a trend…
Private landlords are pushing back against allegations that they share responsibility for the dwindling number of childminders in England. The backlash comes in light of…
Recent research from Paragon Bank has shed light on the changing landscape of Britain’s rental market. Landlords situated in Outer London, as well as the…
New research, commissioned by the National Residential Landlords Association (NRLA) and undertaken by BVA-BDRC, paints a stark picture of the current property landscape in England…
In the wake of recent inflation updates, MFB, a specialist buy-to-let broker, is advising landlords nearing the end of their mortgage deals to lock in…
Recent data from personal finance comparison platform, finder.com, highlights a stark reduction in annual returns on buy-to-let properties in the UK. The drop, exceeding £4000…
House prices in London have decreased by 0.6% over the past year. This marks the first downturn observed in any region since the market virtually…
The National Trading Standards Estate & Letting Agency Team has recently publicised new guidelines concerning the terminology used in property listings. Developed in tandem with…
The year is flying by and time is gradually running out for you to check if you need to submit a Self Assessment tax return…
Recent data has unveiled that a significant proportion of landlords in England are either unsupportive of or uncertain about the Government’s initiative to make membership…
Paragon Bank has announced a significant drop in its core two-year fixed-rate buy-to-let mortgages. The rates have been reduced by 45 basis points, now commencing…
Recent data indicates that UK landlords are now facing an average loss of £10,000 when disposing of their properties. This downturn in fortunes comes in…
UK Finance, the representative body for over 300 firms in the banking and finance industry, has recently disclosed alarming data concerning mortgage arrears for Q2…
New figures from the Ministry of Justice reveal a concerning 41% surge in Section 21 ‘no fault’ evictions. In England, the number of households evicted…
The most recent RICS survey paints a concerning picture of the UK housing market. In July, there was a 45% decline in new buyer enquiries,…
